McIntosh MA9000
Integrated amplifier
£12,995
“Bold aesthetics with a black-glass front panel and blue-lit power meters grab attention regardless of surroundings”
Everything about McIntosh’s MA9000 integrated amplifier is super-sized, from its 46kg weight and 300Wper- channel power output to its baby hippo-sized frame.
Even the specification list is generous, packing a comprehensive mix of analogue, digital and phono connections. This earnest attempt to cover all bases doesn’t come cheap, but this kind of quality never does.
THINK BIG
Few integrated amps look as imposing as this. At 24cm tall and 56cm deep, it has the size to make even our reference Burmester 911 Mk 3 power amplifier look modest. Add McIntosh’s trademark bold aesthetics with the black-glass front panel and blue-lit power meters and you have something that grabs attention regardless of surroundings.
There’s plenty of substance behind that show though. A large part of that spine-stressing weight comes down to the company’s use of autoformers between the output stage for
